Comments on: Funding from major agencies and social sharing sites http://www.nirak.net/2007/06/28/funding-from-major-agencies-and-social-sharing-sites/ Karin Dalziel Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:34:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Josh Greenberg http://www.nirak.net/2007/06/28/funding-from-major-agencies-and-social-sharing-sites/#comment-644 Josh Greenberg Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:59:16 +0000 http://www.nirak.net/2007/06/28/funding-from-major-agencies-and-social-sharing-sites/#comment-644 My advice, both from my previous life as a researcher at GMU's <a href="http://chnm.gmu.edu" rel="nofollow"> Center for History and New Media</a> and the new hat I'm wearing at the <a href="http://www.nypl.org" rel="nofollow">New York Public Library</a>, is that a prototype *never* hurts a grant application. Having recently served on one of the NEH's Digital Humanities Start-up Grant panels, I can tell you that something tangible often anchors the project, and frames the question of what's possible now (sans money) vs. what the grant funding will enable in more concrete terms. In short, build away! As for the non-commercial possibilities, check out both the Internet Archive and Ourmedia for potential places to stash video that're less commercial (though read the terms closely nonetheless)... My advice, both from my previous life as a researcher at GMU’s Center for History and New Media and the new hat I’m wearing at the New York Public Library, is that a prototype *never* hurts a grant application. Having recently served on one of the NEH’s Digital Humanities Start-up Grant panels, I can tell you that something tangible often anchors the project, and frames the question of what’s possible now (sans money) vs. what the grant funding will enable in more concrete terms. In short, build away!

As for the non-commercial possibilities, check out both the Internet Archive and Ourmedia for potential places to stash video that’re less commercial (though read the terms closely nonetheless)…

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